The Morikami Museum and Japane
The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens is one of the most beautiful places I have been too. If you go to Florida I recommend going and seeing it. It is a wonderful collection of Japan's history

Ignorance
There is nothing in this world that annoys me more than ignorance.

A Puma Bag
How many people actually pay attention to those around them on the bus? Very few. Most teenagers absorb themselves in conversations about nothing, or listen to music. Older generations read novels or the newspaper.

So You Wanna Be a Writer?
Many writers profess their desire to be novelists or poets, and sometimes even journalists, but very few--indeed, even those sitting with Creative Writing degrees, know what other options are out there for someone gifted with words.

Clinton, Obama go
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Barack Obama raised a staggering $32 million in January, cash aplenty to advertise all through

Potential voting
Voters line up at a polling station in Florida Tuesday. A record 24 states hold primaries and caucuses next Tuesday

the wearing of the hijab and the veil,
An issue that has been discussed in many parts of the world at one point or another; wearing the veil

I’m feeling numb
“Numb…I’m feeling numb. I feel like jumping off a cliff. I just feel like doing it, here and now. It really isn’t logical, me feeling like this.

After I die..
“After this week is over; after I graduate from high school; once I get in to a good college

longing..
“It’s raining outside...very beautiful. My window’s open and a slight breeze enters my room...and all this time, I’m only thinking of you.

copy profile mum may face charges
THE woman linked to the suicide of a 13-year-old girl who was tormented through MySpace could be charged with fraud after the case sparked worldwide outrage.

First Everest climber Edmnd hillary has died
EVEREST conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary has died at the age of 88. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced the news today.

More small creatures...
At the end of September, I had picked up a fishing net float from the sea.

Garbage problem on the Pacific Ocean
When I lost a 5-lt plastic jug and a Nalgene bottle on the 19th, the night that

Is there an end in sight?
Hopefully this attempt due southwest will finally result in a break toward the Equator so that I can be a bit more in charge of my destiny.

Hopeful for 2008...
I am making reasonable progress toward the Equator, though the winds are still a problem, carrying me west more than I would like.

Turkish Hospitality
As I returned home from my first visit to Turkey in December of 2000, the customs officer who cleared me